Tricia Helfer

Tricia is best known for her work as a model in campaigns for Oil of Olay, Chanel's Cristalle perfume and some memorable Victoria's Secret lingerie assignments. As an actress, she portrayed Farrah Fawcett in a 2004 NBC movie of the week, and continues to play sexy cyborg Number 6 on the Sci Fi channel's revamped Battlestar Galactica series.

Appeal

Tricia measures an amazing 34-24-34, is tall and lean, and possesses a magnificent pair of extra long legs that don't quit. Her body alone makes her just about as sexy as you can get, and with those full lips and bedroom eyes thrown into the equation, she's the type of women whose sexiness quotient burns up the scale. She also has one of the most enticing backs we've ever seen. We like a nice back.

Success

Tricia's modeling career erupted in 1992 when the then 18-year-old won the Ford Supermodel of the World contest. She quickly rose to the top of the fashion game, appearing in major campaigns for Giorgio Armani, Saks Fifth Avenue and Victoria's Secret, to name but a few. She has appeared at shows for designers such as Oscar de la Renta, Claude Montana, Salvatore Ferragamo, Christian Dior, Givenchy, and Pierre Balmain. Helfer has also made the covers of fashion magazines like Elle (1993), Amica Italia (1996) and Cosmopolitan UK (1998).

Tricia's rise in the world of acting hasn't been as rapid as her ascent through the ranks of the modeling business was. There have been some bright spots, such as the Battlestar Galactica miniseries, which premiered in 2003 to become the Sci Fi channel's third-most-watched program in their history. Her portrayal of Farrah Fawcett in the 2004 TV movie Behind The Camera: the Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' may not have achieved equally impressive ratings, but it gave Tricia the opportunity to recreate the classic '70s Farrah poster, which hung in the bedrooms of thousands of males back in the day.

Tricia Helfer Biography

Tricia Helfer was born in the rural community of Donalda, Alberta, Canada, in 1974, and grew up on her family's grain farm. At the age of 17, she was discovered by Kelly Streit, a modeling agency scout, while standing in line at the local movie theater. Tricia's modeling career exploded when she entered and won Ford's Supermodel of the World Contest in 1992, leading to her signing with the Elite Modeling agency and a successful career.

In addition to print work for major fashion publications such as Vogue and Cosmopolitan, Tricia did runway gigs for designers like Christian Dior, Emanuel Ungaro and Givenchy. Her first important magazine cover appearance with for the August 1993 U.S. edition of Elle.

While her modeling career was still red-hot, Helfer became a correspondent for the fashion program Ooh La La in her native Canada. It was during this reporting stint that she discovered her love for the film camera. After residing in New York City for several years, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting full-time.

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While Helfer appeared in cameo roles in fashion documentaries such as 1995's Unzipped and 1996's Catwalk, she didn't win her first real acting role until 2000, playing Inga in the comedy short Eventual Wife, which aired on HBO/Cinemax.

She then landed a meatier role on the two-hour premiere of the Showtime series Jeremiah. The series was promptly canceled, but the budding actress managed to move on to a guest appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in May 2002, portraying a model who attempted to slice off her own face. That same year, she wed entertainment lawyer Jonathen Marshall.

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In addition to her television appearances, Helfer made it onto the big screen in 2003, playing a female lead in the indie feature White Rush. She lent her beauty and poise expertise to the 2003 Miss Teen USA and 2004 Miss USA pageants as a judge.

In December 2003, Tricia appeared as the cyborg Number 6 on the Sci Fi channel's remake of the '70s TV series Battlestar Galactica, and also appeared in a sexy photo spread in Maxim magazine.

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In March 2004, Helfer costarred as original Angel Farrah Fawcett in the NBC TV movie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels'. She made a memorable guest appearance on CBS' The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn just days before the telefilm aired.

The Battlestar Galactica miniseries was one of the Sci Fi network's best rated shows ever, and it was subsequently picked up for additional episodes. Helfer spent the spring of 2004 in Vancouver filming the series. She was selected as the cover girl for Maxim's 2005 wall calendar.